Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan briefly met today with Gallup International Association President Kancho Stoychev who is in Yerevan to attend the polling organization’s 71st annual conference.

Pashinyan is said to have stressed the need for the continued improvement of political research and an exchange of expertise, this according to a government press release.

The Armenian prime minister added that it was important to have an objective evaluation of the reforms his government plans to carry out.

The release doesn’t make clear whether Gallup will assist the government in the evaluation process.